The 984-foot AIDAperla broke free from its moorings at Le Havre during a violent wind event Tuesday, drifting backward into a concrete wall with thousands of passengers aboard, and the collision was caught on camera. Strong winds tore the 125,000-ton cruise ship from its berth at roughly 4:00 PM local time, snapping mooring lines and […] The post German cruise ship blown into seawall at French port after 68 mph gusts snap mooring lines appeared first on American Almanac .
The 984-foot AIDAperla broke free from its moorings at Le Havre during a violent wind event Tuesday, drifting backward into a concrete wall with thousands of passengers aboard, and the collision was caught on camera. Strong winds tore the 125,000-ton cruise ship from its berth at roughly 4:00 PM local time, snapping mooring lines and sending the vessel drifting stern-first through the harbor. Two gangways were ripped away or left dangling from the ship's side as tugboats scrambled to regain control. Local reports cited gusts reaching 68 mph as a weather front swept through the port city on France's northern coast. French authorities had warned of severe winds before the incident, but the AIDAperla, a German-operated liner on a seven-day…Open
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Where is Lynette Hooker? The 55-year-old was last seen April 4, 2026, while in the Bahamas with her husband, Brian. He told authorities she fell overboard and was swept away by bad weather while the couple was traveling in a dinghy to their yacht, “Soulmate.” Holes in his story have the Coast Guard Investigative Service looking into the disappearance as a possible murder. In this episode of "The Truth of the Matter," Hena Doba sits down with the host of the "Drop Dead Serious" podcast, Ashleigh Banfield. They dig into this case, covering the new search in the Bahamas by the U.S. Coast Guard this month, the GPS data that contradicts Brian’s account of what happened the night his wife disappeared, the status of “Soulmate” and the…
Brian Hooker, the husband of missing American woman Lynette Hooker, didn't use the $33,000 high-tech thermal camera on his boat to search for her the night she went missing, former friend Daniel Danforth told NewsNation's Katie Pavlich. "Everything points to it not being an accident at all," he said. "Katie Pavlich Tonight" offers a conservative take on the day’s events while welcoming all viewpoints. The goal: cutting through left-right bias in pursuit of plain facts and honest analysis.
Exclusive video and photos show Coast Guard Investigative Services agents removing equipment, sealing items into evidence bags and processing Brian and Lynette Hooker’s boat after crime scene tape went up around it. In this episode of “Drop Dead Serious,” Ashleigh Banfield breaks down why the CGIS search of Soulmate could be a major turning point in the Lynette Hooker investigation, including possible digital evidence and onboard systems that may reveal whether Brian and Lynette ever made it back to the boat. Host: Ashleigh Banfield Executive Producer: Lindzie Haller
